Systems Engineer

Lockheed Martin; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 71,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible work schedules

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth is seeking a Level 2 Systems Engineer to support the Capability Integration Strategy (CIS) function. You will execute defined work products, maintain traceable evidence, coordinate with adjacent teams, and ensure quality and currency within priorities and standards.

Focus areas include architecture planning, data pipelines, verification planning, and decision metrics across four tracks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Evidence of technical depth in at least one technical track with defined scope.
• Ability to apply standards consistently and raise ambiguity when needed.
• Experience coordinating across teams and managing dependencies.
• Active Security clearance requirements at start and ability to obtain Top Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain elements of the technical baseline including scope and schedule.
• Map dependencies and support integration and verification planning.
• Apply deficiency taxonomy across hardware, software, and documentation; track impact.
• Assemble release-readiness evidence and traceable health assessments.
• Validate portfolio data and produce dashboards for capability, cost, schedule and risk.
• Prepare analysis for technical reviews using common data.

Skills

Clear written and verbal communication

Systems engineering

Ability to work across teams

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field

Tools

DOORS

Cameo

MATLAB

Jira

Spira

Xcelerator

Confluence

Git

GitLab

SQL

Python

Power BI

Tableau

Microsoft Project

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Visio

Milestones Professional

Open Plan

Deltek Cobra

Job description

Standard Job Description

Join the Capability Integration Strategy (CIS) team, the portfolio organization that turns strategy into delivered capability. CIS integrates technical roadmaps, delivery planning, capability incentives, anomaly resolution, release management, and decision intelligence through one operating model using authoritative data and explicit decision rights.

As a Level 2 Systems Engineer, you will support one assigned CIS function as an individual technical contributor. You will execute defined work products, maintain accurate and traceable evidence, coordinate with adjacent teams, and elevate issues beyond your scope. You are responsible for work quality and currency within priorities, standards, and decision authority established by the function lead.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain assigned elements of the technical baseline, including scope, schedule, capability content, and accomplishment criteria.
• Map program dependencies with owners, need dates, and verified status; support integration and verification planning backward from culminating events.
• Apply the common deficiency taxonomy across hardware, firmware, software, cyber, requirements, tooling, and documentation; support impact assessment and resolution tracking.
• Assemble release-readiness evidence, including verification status, deficiency disposition, limitations, and watch items.
• Validate and reconcile portfolio data from authoritative systems; produce traceable health assessments, leading indicators, and dashboards integrating capability, cost, schedule, risk, and readiness.
• Prepare analysis for technical interchange, roadmap, anomaly, release-readiness, and program management reviews using common data.

Each position focuses on one of four technical tracks based on expertise and team needs. Depth in one track is required; experience across multiple tracks is valued.

What You Will Be Doing

Track A — Capability Architecture & Integration Planning (TRM, FIP, CIM)

Translate mission capabilities into executable system and integration architectures through functional decomposition, technical roadmaps, interface definition, dependency mapping, and integration planning. Apply MBSE methods such as DoDAF, UAF, or SysML to connect operational needs, requirements, system functions, design decisions, and verification evidence.

Track B — Technical Integrity & Release Readiness (ARM, CRM)

Turn technical requirements into verified, integrated, and releasable capability. Apply requirements analysis, interface management, verification/validation planning, integration sequencing, technical performance assessment, and anomaly resolution. Establish objective evidence and readiness criteria for sound, transparent, and repeatable release decisions.

Track C — Data Engineering & Architecture (IDM)

Build and operate data pipelines and common data models across heterogeneous sources. Apply SQL and a general-purpose language, preferably Python, for ingestion, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and orchestration. Apply data quality, schema, lineage, and access controls to investigate incorrect values at their source.

Track D — Data Analysis & Decision Metrics (IDM)

Turn integrated data into decision intelligence through precise metric definitions, calculation logic, health assessments, leading indicators, trend analysis, and decision-focused dashboards. Apply SQL and tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Python. Define metrics so independent analysts produce consistent results.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, data science, statistics, mathematics, physics, industrial engineering, or a related technical discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Demonstrated technical depth in at least one technical track, supported by evidence of accurate, completed work within a defined scope.
• Ability to apply established standards consistently, recognize exceptions, and raise ambiguity before it creates rework.
• Experience coordinating across team or organizational boundaries to complete assigned work and resolve routine dependencies.
• Ability to execute clearly defined work accurately, keep evidence current as conditions change, and seek guidance when scope or priorities are unclear.
• An active Secret clearance is required at the start of employment. The selected candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance and any additional program access required for the role.

Desired Skills

• Experience in aerospace, defense, or another regulated, safety-critical development environment.
• Exposure to agile or hybrid development environments that combine rapid software release cadences with hardware milestones.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technically credible analysis and status to engineering audiences.
• Working proficiency with tools relevant to the selected technical track and assigned CIS responsibilities, with the ability to learn adjacent engineering, data, planning, and lifecycle tools. Relevant tools may include: DOORS, Cameo, MATLAB, Jira, Spira, Xcelerator, Confluence, Git, GitLab, SQL, Python, Power BI, Tableau, Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Milestones Professional, Open Plan, Deltek Cobra.
• Exposure to digital engineering, configuration-controlled data, or traceable evidence used to support technical reviews and decisions.
• Experience supporting customer, test, release, or mission-readiness activities in which technical accuracy and timely escalation affect delivery outcomes.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $70500.00 - $130900.00

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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
• For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.